Spring Training Sites for all American League Baseball Teams

Spring Training Sites for all American League Baseball Teams

The first Major League teams held pre-season training at their home park a few weeks before the season started. Centuries later this practice has evolved into "The Grapefruit League," for teams playing in Florida and "The Cactus League," for teams playing in Arizona.

To that end, Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive Spring Training site-chart for the American League. Franchise moves ARE included in this historical chart so reviewing the Oakland Athletics line means data from their time in Philadelphia will be included as well.

"Spring is the time of year a baseball writer comes down with an occupational disease known as superlativitis." - Sportswriter Jack Orr in Sport Magazine (1953)

American League Spring Training Sites American League
Team	Years	City, State
Anaheim Angels 1997 - present California Angels 1965 - 1996 Los Angeles Angels 1961 - 1964	1961-92 1993-present	Palm Springs, California Tempe, Arizona
Baltimore Orioles 1954 - present St. Louis Browns 1902 - 1953 Milwaukee Brewers 1901	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905-06 1907 1908 1909-10 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916-17 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922-24 1925-27 1928-36 1937-41 1942 1943-45 1946 1947 1948 1949-52 1953 1954 1955 1956-58 1959-88 1989-90 1991 1992-95 1996-present	St. Louis, Missouri French Lick, Indiana Baton Rouge, Louisiana Corsicana, Texas Dallas, Texas San Antonio, Texas Shreveport, Louisiana Houston, Texas Hot Springs, Arkansas Montgomery, Alabama Waco, Texas St. Petersburg, Florida Houston, Texas Palestine, Texas Shreveport, Louisiana San Antonio, Texas Taylor, Alabama Bogalusa, Alabama Mobile, Alabama Tarpon Springs, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida San Antonio, Texas Deland, Florida Cape Girardeau, Missouri Anaheim, California Miami, Florida San Bernardino, California Burbank, California San Bernardino, California Yuma, Arizona Daytona Beach, Florida Scottsdale, Arizona Miami, Florida Miami / Sarasota, Florida Sarasota, Florida St. Petersburg, Florida Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Boston Red Sox 1908 - present Boston Americans 1901 - 1907	1901 1902 1903-06 1907-08 1909-10 1911 1912-18 1919 1920-23 1924 1925-27 1928-29 1930-31 1932 1933-42 1943-44 1945 1946-58 1959-65 1966-92 1993-present	Charlottesville, Virginia Augusta, Georgia Macon, Georgia Little Rock, Arkansas Hot Springs, Arkansas Redondo Beach, California Hot Springs, Arkansas Tampa, Florida Hot Springs, Arkansas San Antonio, Texas New Orleans, Louisiana Bradenton, Florida Pensacola, Florida Savannah, Georgia Sarasota, Florida Medford, Mass. Atlantic City, New Jersey Sarasota, Florida Scottsdale, Arizona Winter Haven, Florida Fort Myers, Florida
Chicago White Sox 1904 - present Chicago White Stockings 1901 - 1903	1901-02 1903 1904 1905-06 1907 1908 1909-10 1911 1912 1913-15 1916-19 1920 1921 1922-23 1924 1925-28 1929 1930-32 1933-42 1943-44 1945 1946-50 1951 1952 1953 1954-59 1960-97 1998-present	Excelsior Springs, Missouri Mobile, Alabama Marlin Springs, Texas New Orleans, Louisiana Mexico City, Mexico Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California Mineral Wells, Texas Waco, Texas Paso Robles, California Mineral Wells, Texas Waco, Texas Waxahachie, Texas Seguin, Texas Winter Haven, Florida Shreveport, Louisiana Dallas, Texas San Antonio, Texas Pasadena, California French Lick, Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana Pasadena, California Palm Springs, California El Centro, California El Centro, California Tampa, Florida Sarasota, Florida Tucson, Arizona
Cleveland Indians 1915 - present Cleveland Naps 1905 - 1914 Cleveland Blues 1901 - 1904	1901 1902-03 1904 1905-06 1907-08 1909 1910-11 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916-20 1921-22 1923-27 1928-39 1940-41 1942 1943-45 1946 1947-92 1993-present	Cleveland, Ohio New Orleans, Louisiana San Antonio, Texas Atlanta, Georgia Macon, Georgia Mobile, Alabama Alexandria, Louisiana Mobile, Alabama Pensacola, Florida Athens, Georgia San Antonio, Texas New Orleans, Louisiana Dallas, Texas Lakeland, Florida New Orleans, Louisiana Fort Myers, Florida Clearwater, Florida Lafayette, Indiana Clearwater, Florida Tucson, Arizona Winter Haven, Florida
Detroit Tigers 1901 - present	1901 1902 1903-04 1905-07 1908 1909-10 1911-12 1913-15 1916-18 1919-20 1921 1922-26 1927-28 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934-42 1943-45 1946-present	Detroit, Michigan Ypsilanti, Michigan Shreveport, Louisiana Augusta, Georgia Hot Springs, Arkansas San Antonio, Texas Monroe, Louisiana Gulfport, Mississippi Waxahachie, Texas Macon, Georgia San Antonio, Texas Augusta, Georgia San Antonio, Texas Phoenix, Arizona Tampa, Florida Sacramento, California Palo Alto, California San Antonio, Texas Lakeland, Florida Evansville, Indiana Lakeland, Florida
Kansas City Royals 1969 - present	1969-87 1988-2002 2003-present	Fort Myers, Florida Baseball City, Florida Surprise, Arizona
Milwaukee Brewers [NL] 1998 - present Milwaukee Brewers (AL) 1970 - 1997 Seattle Pilots (AL) 1969	1969-72 1973-85 1986-2002 2003-present	Tempe, Arizona Sun City, Arizona Chandler, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona
Minnesota Twins 1961 - present Washington Senators 1957 - 1960 Washington Nationals 1901 - 1956	1901 1902-04 1905 1906 1907-09 1910 1911 1912-16 1917 1918-19 1920-29 1930-35 1936-42 1943-45 1946-90 1991-present	Phoebus, Virginia Washington, D.C. Hampton, Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Galveston, Texas Norfolk, Virginia Atlanta, Georgia Charlottesville, Virginia Atlanta, Georgia Augusta, Georgia Tampa, Florida Biloxi, Mississippi Orlando, Florida College Park, Maryland Orlando, Florida Fort Myers, Florida
New York Yankees 1913 - present New York Highlanders 1903 - 1912 Baltimore Orioles 1901 - 1902	1901 1902 1903-04 1905 1906 1907-08 1909 1910-11 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916-18 1919-20 1921 1922-24 1925-42 1943 1944-45 1946-50 1951 1952-61 1962-95 1996-present	Baltimore, Maryland Savannah, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Montgomery, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama Atlanta, Georgia Macon, Georgia Athens, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Hamilton, Bermuda Houston, Texas Savannah, Georgia Macon, Georgia Jacksonville, Florida Shreveport, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana St. Petersburg, Florida Asbury Park, New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey St. Petersburg, Florida Phoenix, Arizona St. Petersburg, Florida Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Tampa, Florida
Oakland Athletics 1968 - present Kansas City Athletics 1955 - 1967 Philadelphia Athletics 1901 - 1954	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908-09 1910 1912-13 1914-18 1919 1920-21 1922 1923-24 1925-36 1937 1938-39 1940-42 1943 1944-45 1946-62 1963-68 1969-78 1979-83 1984-present	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charlotte, North Carolina Jacksonville, Florida Spartanburg, South Carolina Shreveport, Louisiana Montgomery, Alabama Dallas, Texas New Orleans, Louisiana Atlanta, Georgia San Antonio, Texas Jacksonville, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lake Charles, Louisiana Eagle Pass, Texas Montgomery, Alabama Fort Myers, Florida Mexico City, Mexico Lake Charles, Louisiana Anaheim, California Wilmington, Delaware Frederick, Maryland West Palm Beach, Florida Bradenton, Florida Mesa, Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona
Seattle Mariners 1977 - present	1977-92 1993-present	Tempe, Arizona Peoria, Arizona
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998 - present	1998-present	St. Petersburg, Florida
Texas Rangers 1972 - present Washington Senators 1961 - 1971	1961-86 1987-2002 2003-present	Pompano Beach, Florida Port Charlotte, Florida Surprise, Arizona
Toronto Blue Jays 1977 - present	1977-present	Dunedin, Florida
Team	Years	City, State
American League Spring Training Sites

Did you know that Major League clubs once played their Spring Training games against local Minor League teams? A practice that was discontinued in the mid-1920s, but made for some exciting games nonetheless.

Our team-by-team menu has links for American League Spring Training Sites (chart is posted above) and National League Spring Training Sites, and posted below are the sites for Federal League teams:

Baltimore Terrapins	1914 1915	Southern Pines, North Carolina Fayetteville, North Carolina
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	1914 1915	Columbia, South Carolina Brownswell, Mississippi
Buffalo Buffeds	1914 1915	Danville, Virginia Athens, Georgia
Chicago Whales	1914-15	Shreveport, Louisiana
Indianapolis Hoosiers	1914	Wichita Falls, Texas
Kansas City Packers	1914 1915	Marshall, Texas Wichita Falls, Texas
Newark Peppers	1915	Valdosta, Georgia
Pittsburgh Rebels	1914 1915	Lynchburg, Virginia August, Georgia
St. Louis Terriers	1914 1915	Monroe, Louisiana Havana, Cuba

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